	US 12,213,903 B2
	Positioning wedge
Matthew Barrientos, Foothill Ranch, CA (US); Mark Harman Powell, Foothill Ranch, CA (US); and Asdis Bjornsson, Foothill Ranch, CA (US)
Assigned to OSSUR ICELAND EHF, Reykjavik (IS)
Appl. No. 17/766,639
Filed by OSSUR ICELAND EHF, Reykjavik (IS)
PCT Filed Oct. 22, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/056794 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 5, 2022, PCT Pub. No. WO2021/081166, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 29, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/925,061, filed on Oct. 23, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0058156 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. A61F 5/37 (2006.01)

CPC A61F 5/3753 (2013.01)

12 Claims

1. A positioning wedge adapted to interface between two anatomical portions of a human body to arrange said two anatomical portions at a predetermined angle or position relative to one another, comprising:

a main body having first and second sides connected to another by a bridge portion, the first and second sides each defining a predetermined angular profile;

at least one insert arranged between the first and second sides to position the first and second sides relative to one another at a predetermined angle associated with a shape of the at least one insert, the at least one insert being separable from and attachable to the main body and the bridge portion extending over an end portion of the at least one insert;

wherein the at least one insert attached to the main body places the positioning wedge in a first predetermined angle, and removable of the at least one insert from the main body allows the first and second sides to articular relative to one another to place the positioning wedge in a second predetermined angle;

wherein the at least one insert comprises first and second inserts arranged to be inserted individually or collectively between the first and second sides, with the at least one insert interlocking with the main body.